bottlenose Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) I have not seen any information about Scleral Lacerations anywhere. My case: I was 3 years old when a piece of glass broke in front of me and a small piece chipped off and cut the white part of of my left my eye. It was a very small, 3mm cut, occurred about a half centimeter from the limbus. I had surgery to repair the cut and never had any issues since (now 22 years later). I was cleared through MEPS and had no issues with depth perception, color vision, or anything other than being about 20/40 (correctable to 20/20) in that eye (right eye is 20/20 uncorrected). It was not easy getting documentation from this incident but forunately I was able to retrieve a post operative report. My eyes were never an issue growing up. In fact, MEPS made me get an in depth eye consultation from a civilian opthomologist and he saw nothing wrong with my eyes, other than being very slightly nearsighted in my left eye. I will be going to Brooks for an IFC1 in the near future. What I wanted to know is if this will cause me any problems getting a IFC1. Perhaps an MD can shed some light on this. Thanks in advance. Edited October 15, 2009 by bottlenose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goducks Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I have not seen any information about Scleral Lacerations anywhere. My case: I was 3 years old when a piece of glass broke in front of me and a small piece chipped off and cut the white part of of my left my eye. It was a very small, 3mm cut, occurred about a half centimeter from the limbus. I had surgery to repair the cut and never had any issues since (now 22 years later). I was cleared through MEPS and had no issues with depth perception, color vision, or anything other than being about 20/40 (correctable to 20/20) in that eye (right eye is 20/20 uncorrected). It was not easy getting documentation from this incident but forunately I was able to retrieve a post operative report. My eyes were never an issue growing up. In fact, MEPS made me get an in depth eye consultation from a civilian opthomologist and he saw nothing wrong with my eyes, other than being very slightly nearsighted in my left eye. I will be going to Brooks for an IFC1 in the near future. What I wanted to know is if this will cause me any problems getting a IFC1. Perhaps an MD can shed some light on this. Thanks in advance. I doubt there will be an issue. It might need a waiver, but assuming no damage to underlying structures (retina, trabecular meshwork, lens, etc) that compromises function that shouldn't be a big deal. Also, that's based on no peripheral vision defects. After a couple of decades, the risk of further progression or degeneration is highly unlikely and that's what waivers are generally based on. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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